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    New upright freezer running frequently?

    my significant other refuses to consider solar panels when our leecy bill is £200/month, due mainly to 4 freezers and a fumble dryer. the voice of reason goes in one ear and out the other.
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    Is the laptop worth buying?

    i got one for sale. it's a bit slow but once the valves have warmed up, it's got about 32K of memory.
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    Cable reel size twin and earth

    leave a foot space below the broom handle. but the obvious question is how will your wife/gf get to work in the morning after you nicked her transport?
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    Latest Acquisition and it's mint.

    ordered a 4.5V flat bugger , like wtah you had in a bicycle front lamp in the 60's,if we ever bothered with lights back then.no lights on bike made it harder for the bizzies to find us.
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    Cable reel size twin and earth

    it varies . standard size or the slim variety. the slim reels are much bigger diameter.
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    Downlights touching joists

    i would only worry if they were 50watt halogens. the heat from LED bulbs is minimal so I'd leave alone, but not cover with ithcy-poo.
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    Latest Acquisition and it's mint.

    only problem is it's listed as "out of stock".
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    Latest Acquisition and it's mint.

    H.W,Sullivan, type of Wheatstone Bridge . Son found it on faceache or some other anti-social gossip site. £15. Guess it's age to be about 80 -90 years. Lucien would have been able to give me some info., like what voltage battery etc, but any info appreciated. Google tells me that the company...
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    Type of drill to get?

    there's a simile for that, but it would get me a ban.
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    Mis-use of tools

    Comes in useful when there's no toilets on site.
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    Anyone know what this cable is called

    It's a split concentic cable, inner is L the black cores are N and the outer is E.
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    Indoor outdoor wire for indoor to outdoor back indoor

    my choice would be SWA, suitably cleated and glanded at both ends. Using the armour as cpc or having a separate cpc
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    Dual fuel oven 5kw what cable size?

    2.5mm should be adequate. switch on and see if the cable gets warm. simple methods overrule technology and always will.
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    Mis-use of tools

    hammer and screwdriver on a reluctant poor access gland nut is me favorite misuse. ( apart from using same on 'er indoors when she in a bad mood).
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    find out the cable section

    you need to calculate current per phase to start with . Then determine volt drop for that load and length. If over 5% then up the cable size to suit.
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    Question about earthing the armour of SWA

    only answer is to measure resistance between points. I once has a TNC-S with SWA armour acting a SPC. Although Earth Bar was screwd into Metal box, The Earth Bar - Box measured 100 ohms.
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    Vir cabling allowed for fuseboard change ??

    if the cables are in good cobdition with no disintegrated insulation, OK, but put a note on the cert.
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    What sports do you play?

    best thing for them apart from gassing.
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    If a type B MCB doesn't trip unless 5x nominal rating is hit, what's to stop the cable burning up?

    to put it simply. the fault current will be of such short duration that the cable will not have time to overheat

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